Where does “vastaavan” come from?

vastaavan (Finnish) comes from Finnish vastaava, from Finnish vastata, from Proto-Finnic vastat'ak — to answer, to reply.

vastaavan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of vastaava; Present...

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of vastaava; Present...

Ancestry of “vastaavan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastaavacorresponding, similar, having equal effect;...
2Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
3Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply
Every word from Proto-Finnic vastat'ak →Every word from Finnish vastata →Every word from Finnish vastaava →